Timeline for Resume for a second career already in progress
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| Jun 25, 2020 at 11:21 | vote | accept | Jared Smith | ||
| Jul 11, 2018 at 17:25 | comment | added | jcmack | @JaredSmith Interesting. It's about what you're comfortable with and if it is technically true. It sounds like you were accepted to the bachelors program and completed some kind of coursework. To me, listing unfinished bachelors in CS is likely okay. If you want to be extra sure, I would check with your school if you were enrolled as a degree-seeking student (and for which degree) or a non-degree seeking student (e.g. professional development). It's a nuance, but could be important for degree verification purposes. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 15:32 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @jcmack in the course of doing the prereq work I applied for (and was accepted to) the undergraduate CS program as a backup in case I didn't get in to the masters program (which I intended to complete if I failed to get into the masters program), so I do (as far as I know) have an unfinished bachelors in CS. Claiming an unfinished masters is a bit more of a stretch than I'm willing to make though. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 14:21 | comment | added | jcmack | @JaredSmith That's tricky one. Unless upon completion of the prerequisite courses for a masters admission you will receive a bachelor's where you live, you technically don't have an unfinished bachelors degree in CS. I'm going to assume you live in the US. For US, it's not common to start another bachelors rather than start a masters of CS degree instead. I would list your bachelors in English and list CS coursework you completed. The coursework you did is very similar to just taking for credit classes at a local university or an online course outside of a degree program. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:34 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @jcmack I have no trouble talking about why I didn't finish my masters, but I'm a little reluctant to claim "unfinished masters in CS" when I haven't completed the undergraduate coursework necessary for admission to a masters program. Maybe I'll just say I have an unfinished bachelor's in CS (which is technically true). | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 18:32 | comment | added | jcmack | @JaredSmith English -> CS is more common than most would think. In that case, I would recommend listing that you have an uncompleted masters in CS on your resume. Since you have work experience as a software engineer already, you probably don't need to list your coursework. Be prepared though that some manager may ask why you didn't chose to complete your masters degree. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 17:03 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @jcmack my bachelor's is in English, the second degree was me working on the prereqs for a master's in CS by completing the necessary undergraduate coursework. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:58 | comment | added | Dan | You can make a 4th bullet that you have some schooling for CS degree. I notice a lot of jobs list that it is okay to have partial schooling with actual experience to back it up. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:54 | comment | added | jcmack | Was the uncompleted CS degree a masters degree? Do you have a bachelor's in STEM? As a hiring manager I look at relevant experience more than degree, but certain organizations such as federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) have much stricter requirements on degree of study. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:31 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @TheRealLester both. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:31 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @DarkCygnus looking? Not necessarily. But I've had a couple of friends at start-ups pitch their employers to me and I'd like to at least be able to point to "here's me". Besides, who knows? I got the job I'm in essentially by being available and it finding me :) | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:29 | comment | added | TheRealLester | Are you actually linking your resume on your website? This is much different to a resume that you would send to a company. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:27 | answer | added | Old_Lamplighter | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:27 | comment | added | DarkCygnus♦ | @JaredSmith so why are you updating your CV? You plan to look for another job related to software? | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:26 | answer | added | user1666620 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:26 | history | edited | Jared Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:23 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @TheRealLester no I'm a software engineer. And I love it, have no intention of changing careers again. I'm just trying to resurrect my personal website after a couple year hiatus and wondering how to write the resume portion. I edited the question to hopefully be clearer. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:20 | comment | added | TheRealLester | The industry job is a different field than computer science and sales, correct? | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 16:17 | history | asked | Jared Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |